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Where Is South Korea?

Major Cities In South Korea

Geography Total Area: 61,963 mi² (¼ size of CA, 10x of Fresno County) Land size: 60,223.3 mi² Water area: 1,740 mi² Climate: temperate (heavy rain in summer, cold winters) Terrain: mostly hills and mountains, coastal plain in W & S

History Ancient 60,000 years old 3 Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla (30/50BC - 660/900 AD) Later 3 Kingdoms: Taebong, Hubaekje, Husilla (900s) Dynastic Period (900s-1910) Modern Colony of Japan (1905-1945) WWII Division of Korea (1948-present) Korean War (1950-1953)

Government Dem Rep, Presidential System 3 branches National Holiday Executive: President Legislative: National Assembly Judicial: Supreme Court, Constitutional Court National Holiday Liberation Day, 15 August (1945)

Economy GDP: $1.929 T (14 in world) Agricultural products: rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; meat and dairy and fish Industries: electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel Unemployment rate: 4%

Demographics Population: 50,924,172 (CA ≅ 38 Mil) More males than female until 55+ Population growth rate: 0.53% Religion: none (43.3%), Christian (31.6%), Buddhist (24.2%), other/unknown (0.9%) Median age: 41.2 years